#BC4832#BC4832

#BC4832 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.154 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4832
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 50)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 45.49, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 58.66, 39.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1298 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.154 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6346, 15.5597, 4.7758)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4832 #32A6BC

analogous

#BC3261 #BC4832 #BC8D32

triadic

#BC4832 #32BC48 #4832BC

tetradic

#BC4832 #61BC32 #32A6BC #8D32BC

square

#BC4832 #61BC32 #32A6BC #8D32BC

split-complementary

#BC4832 #32BC8D #3261BC

monochromatic

#5B2318 #8C3525 #BC4832 #D36C58 #E09789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#BC4832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BC4832 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4832

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4832	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.154 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8806b',
    500: '#bc4832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4832;
$custom-light: #d8806b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.565,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55516,
    "c": 0.15433,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4832

secondary

#80BEC9

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4832

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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